You’ve written your book. Bully for you and kudos, congrats and all of that. No, really, it’s an achievement and you should be chuffed with your efforts but, if you’ve been following the bouncing ball, you’ll suspect that the journey […]
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The Paperback – Amazon’s Options
When it comes to making physical books, I’ve been a fan of Lulu’s printing service for a while. All of Paranormology is on there, along with The Bullet and Atlas, Broken. I like their terms and the Global Distribution options […]
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Amazon and the Problem of Free
This months (November, 2021) I’ve put the Tedrick Gritswell of Borobo Reef eBook up for a giveaway on Goodreads. Check out this link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/333985-tedrick-gritswell-of-borobo-reef That’s actually something I’ve been wanting to do for a while, the whole giveaway thing, that […]
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A Correction and an Apology
Last week a problem with the Paranormology series in Amazon Kindle was brought to my attention. It turns out that one of the books, Portsmouth Avenue Ghost, had the wrong content tied to it. Rather than getting Portsmouth Avenue, readers […]
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I Stuffed Up
Me and dates, we don’t get along. Not dates as in the fruit. They’re alright. And prunes, I’m a fan of prunes. Dried apricots, sultanas, raisins, currants, yeah, they’re all good. But that’s not what I’m on about. I’m talking […]
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Draft2Digital vs Smashwords – Continued
I have been using Smashwords to publish and distribute my eBooks for yonks. For Iris of the Shadows, I decided to try something different. I went with Draft2Digital. I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t really like to change around […]
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Draft2Digital vs Smashwords
Even since the first upload of Adaptation and for the next 15 odd titles, I’ve been using Smashwords to perform the conversion and aggregate the distribution of my titles. I found working with the first few titles a bit tricky, […]
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Iris of the Shadows – Covers
When I first started writing books, I worried only about getting the words into the story. After all, that’s the whole point of the book, right? It can live without all the rest of it, really, so that’s where I […]
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Publishing That Audio Book
And so the time came to click that little button: Publish. Whether it’s on Smashwords or Amazon’s KDP or Findaway Voices, it’s a bloody hard button to click. The cursor dances around it. The mouse button doesn’t seem to click […]
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My US? No thanks.
A quick update on the whole ‘getting things from Amazon US into Australia because I can’t buy my own book to check if it’s actually properly configured’ thing. I don’t remember just how much of the story I’ve gotten through, […]
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